Cerebral_DownTime wrote:And maybe The Amazing Spider-Man too. That's supposed to be good from what i've heard.

Believe I read somebody say that Amazing Spider-Man will do for Spiderman what The Dark Knight did for Batman.

Seems like quite an endorsement. I had never even seen a Batman movie before seeing The Dark Knight and thought it was excellent.

Re: MacFarlane, I used to love Family Guy until he got really political with it during the Bush presidency. Not that I can't take jokes about it, but it got old after while. I think he just ran out of shit to write about. It got really repetitive.

I like Mark Wahlberg, so I'm curious to see how he does in Ted.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

If you like your humor straight from the bathroom plumbing, "Ted" is for you. From what I hear, typical Seth McFarlane that plumbs the darkest depths of the human anatomy and throws in an obscenity every other word. On the other hand, there's an actual human story going on, apart from the shitty antics of Ted, thanks to Marky Mark and Mila Kunis.

"The Amazing Spiderman" is an excellent movie, better than any of its predecessors. Andrew Garfield beats Tobey Maguire, and Emma Stone as Gwen way, way outclasses Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane. (If you're seeing it, though, opt for the 2-D version and save some money. Believe it or not, the 3-D just ain't worth it.)

jerryroche wrote:If you like your humor straight from the bathroom plumbing, "Ted" is for you. From what I hear, typical Seth McFarlane that plumbs the darkest depths of the human anatomy and throws in an obscenity every other word. On the other hand, there's an actual human story going on, apart from the shitty antics of Ted, thanks to Marky Mark and Mila Kunis.

"The Amazing Spiderman" is an excellent movie, better than any of its predecessors. Andrew Garfield beats Tobey Maguire, and Emma Stone as Gwen way, way outclasses Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane. (If you're seeing it, though, opt for the 2-D version and save some money. Believe it or not, the 3-D just ain't worth it.)

Some of the movies that are converted to 3-D after shooting just look bad.

The comparison to TDK is interesting. I like Spider-Man, but I've never been a big Batman fan. Comics or the recent films. I liked Tim Burton's first two the best. Michael Keaton was a great Batman, not nearly as stiff as Bale.

jerryroche wrote:If you like your humor straight from the bathroom plumbing, "Ted" is for you. From what I hear, typical Seth McFarlane that plumbs the darkest depths of the human anatomy and throws in an obscenity every other word. On the other hand, there's an actual human story going on, apart from the shitty antics of Ted, thanks to Marky Mark and Mila Kunis.

"The Amazing Spiderman" is an excellent movie, better than any of its predecessors. Andrew Garfield beats Tobey Maguire, and Emma Stone as Gwen way, way outclasses Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane. (If you're seeing it, though, opt for the 2-D version and save some money. Believe it or not, the 3-D just ain't worth it.)

Ted was HILARIOUS. I like Family Guy, but really haven't watched a new episode in a few years & don't watch his other shows. So I'm not a "big" MacFarlane fan.

There's a good bit of bathroom humor but it's really not that bad. Not a curse word every other line either. Those statements are exaggerations. It's no worse in those departments as Hangover or Bridesmaids. Not even as bad, I don't think.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I should make movies. I have tons of great ideas. But i'm not a rich Hollywood know-it-all liberal asshole. I'm just a regular know-it-all liberal asshole.

How awesome would it be to see a movie totally cast in tarantulas? Friggin badass, right?

Idiot, you're wardrobe budget would be through the roof, what with 8 legs per cast member and all.

Galley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB

i saw this movie (not by choice but it was playing when we could fit a movie in) and i think it is very vulgar without exagerration. lots of drug humor too and really what is funny about being a stoner, underachiever? i will admit it is somewhat funny in parts, but i honestly cannot believe a movie like this even got made. How the heck they got legit actors to do it is amazing.

a movie about a teddy bear that is alive and grows up with a grown man and inhibits his relationships? there were times that i was embarrassed i was watching it and asking myself how does this get made. that is not a good thing to be pondering while watching a movie. if the teddy bear was replaced with a goofy, bad influence buddy it might have not been so "cringe worthy" to me. i suppose some of the stuff would not have worked as well if it was not a teddy bear??

my guess is that most on this board will find it funny but i was torn between laughing and wondering what the hell is wrong with the world we live in. i hope that doesn't sound condescending. I prefer a more intelligent level of humor. fart jokes don't do it for me and the potty humor was just too over the top for my tastes.

we saw it at a matinee and it was $7/ticket. how much is a 3D flick at night $15? i am too consistently disappointed to waste my $$ on a movie that has a low percentage of a chance to entertain me.

yes, i realize what i sound like and i am not happy i am now that person...

Heb, if you don't know what is funny about being a stoner you need to smoke more weed.

Stoner movies have been around for decades and some pretty great actors have been in them. In not sure what surprises you about actors signing up for this particular one. Obviously there is an audience. This movie is killing it at the box office.

motherscratcher wrote:Heb, if you don't know what is funny about being a stoner you need to smoke more weed.

Stoner movies have been around for decades and some pretty great actors have been in them. In not sure what surprises you about actors signing up for this particular one. Obviously there is an audience. This movie is killing it at the box office.

I agree the audience is there for this type of movie but that doesn't make it good. Facebook and light beer are wildly popular too but i don't partake in either.

hebner20 wrote:and i think it is very vulgar without exagerration. lots of drug humor too

They smoke weed like 3 times and there's a post cocaine (meaning they don't show them doing it) scene. How is that 'lots'? And yes, it is exaggeration. Ted has a few (albeit VERY) vulgar jokes, but it's hardly all throughout it. Same with the fart jokes. There's like two. Sure, there are F-bombs thrown out here and there, but it's no Tarantino movie in that department.

Hikohadon wrote:I consider any scene with weed smoking the same as any scene with alcohol consumption.

Almost any stoner/burnout you meet would've been a burnout without the weed too. They just change the name to "drunk".

It's funny, I've smoked A LOT OF WEED. I was a daily smoker for years and years. Yet I always did great in school, always had a job, never got into any trouble..... well nothing serious anyway. But every pot smoker gets lumped into the same pile as the moron Cheech & Chong stereotypes. All my smoker friends were the same way, normal people that happened to enjoy the smoke of the cannabis plant as recreation.

Hikohadon wrote:I consider any scene with weed smoking the same as any scene with alcohol consumption.

Almost any stoner/burnout you meet would've been a burnout without the weed too. They just change the name to "drunk".

It's funny, I've smoked A LOT OF WEED. I was a daily smoker for years and years. Yet I always did great in school, always had a job, never got into any trouble..... well nothing serious anyway. But every pot smoker gets lumped into the same pile as the moron Cheech & Chong stereotypes. All my smoker friends were the same way, normal people that happened to enjoy the smoke of the cannabis plant as recreation.

CARL EFFIN SAGAN SMOKED POT.

I've smoked my share too, and I have friends that have smoked it every day for decades and function just fine. Smoking too much is just like drinking too much - it'll take its toll after a while.

I actually didn't smoke much during college so a year or so ago I decided to be a stoner for about three months. It was a solid three months. I've always smoked a couple times a year, but yeah, that three months was nice.